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    Liquid marks 40 years of Horizon

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    Liquid TV has created the titles for the new series of Horizon. Celebrating its 40-year history, the sequence attempts to create a sense of journey and discovery by showing images of the natural world; dramatic balls of fire, fisheye landscapes and billowing clouds. The ...

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    ITV1 drama belongs to Pepper

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    Pepper has completed all picture post-production work on ITV's forthcoming drama Belonging. The drama features Brenda Blethyn as a woman whose husband leaves her for another woman and is left in charge of his elderly relatives. The drama was shot on 16mm film and ...

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    BBC doc led to Libyan's torture

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    The BBC has been slammed by Ofcom after one of its Holidays in the Axis of Evil documentaries led to a Libyan tour guide being detained and beaten by the Libyan government.

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    C4 targets baby boomers in the afternoons

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 is to open up its afternoon schedule to the baby boomer generation with a range of 'aspirational' shows targeting middle-aged adults.

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    Wife Swap USA comes to UK

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 is to screen the US version of RDF's Wife Swap.

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    Ex-Virgin exec hired by LRC

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    Former Virgin Radio producer Gordon Davidson has been hired by the Local Radio Company to be its first group programming director.

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    Ryle joins YTV board

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    ITV controller of programme publicity Sallie Ryle has been appointed to the executive board of Yorkshire TV. As part of the move Ryle, a Yorkshire resident and veteran YTV executive of some 25 years, has given up her other role as YTV head of regional affairs. ITV's regional affairs have ...

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    Callow is Dickens

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    Simon Callow has joined the cast of the BBC's revival of popular sci-fi series Doctor Who in the role of Charles Dickens. Callow will join actors Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper, who play the Time Lord and his assistant, in the forthcoming series currently in ...

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    CNN poaches staff

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    CNN has increased its London newsgathering team by poaching two editorial staff from Sky News and one from ITV. Sky News' Roger Clark and Katie Turner have been appointed as assignment editors. Clark was editor of Sky News at Ten, while Turner was night programme editor. At the same time, ...

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    TV channels turn to cinema to find viewers

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    ITV, Channel 4 and Five have turned to cinema advertising to help bring in viewers for their autumn schedules.

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    C4 replaces The Slot with short film series

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 is replacing its long-running post-news window The Slot with a daily showcase for short films made by new directors.

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    CNBC keen to go with GfK

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    Business channel CNBC Europe is in advanced talks to sign up to electronic ratings system GfK after pulling out of Barb last week.

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    Four into Five won't go

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    As Channel 4 execs play down the idea of merging with Five, the channel is instead cosying up to the BBC.

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    BBC1 to broadcast Billy Connolly tour

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    Comedian Billy Connolly is to return to BBC1 primetime in November with a series that will see him touring New Zealand. Following the success of his World Tour of England, Ireland and Wales, and World Tour of Scotland, the 8 x 40-minute Billy Connolly's World ...

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    ITV expected to show improved figures

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    ITV will today (Thursday) unveil its interim figures, with analysts expecting the broadcaster to report increased revenues and a raised target for savings from the merger. A pre-results note from analysts Investec Securities made it clear that the City is expecting ITV to overdeliver on some of the promises it ...

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    Interviews held for radio 4 controller

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    BBC director of radio Jenny Abramsky this week interviewed candidates for the coveted controllership of Radio 4. The corporation's head of TV news, Roger Mosey, is considered the frontrunner to succeed Helen Boaden, who is to replace Richard Sambrook as director of news. Other internal candidates are thought to include ...

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    Ofcom invites two FM applications

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    Ofcom has begun inviting applications for two new FM commercial radio licences in Belfast and Cornwall. The Belfast licence will reach an adult population of 750,000. The Cornwall licence will encompass two FM frequencies and will have an adult reach of 410,000. The closing date for both licences is 8 ...

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    Diverse bought by European producer

    2004-09-09T07:50:22Z

    Diverse, the indie behind Channel 4 hit Operatunity , has been sold to a European-based production company for an estimated£8m.

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    Cilla comeback on Living

    2004-09-09T07:50:20Z

    Cilla Black is returning to live entertainment television this winter in a three-hour spectacular for Living TV.

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    ITV pitches O'Grady against Richard & Judy

    2004-09-09T07:50:12Z

    ITV has drafted in Paul O' Grady, the camp aggressive comic behind Lily Savage, to rescue its troubled teatime slot with a new chat show.